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DUMP CART.

Patented 00t. 18, 1887.

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DUMP GART. No. 371,750. Patented Oct. 18, 1887.

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DUMP OART. 7 No. 371,750.- Patented Oct. 18,1887.

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THOMAS JOHN FLANIGAN, OF BUTTE CITY, MONTANA TERRITORY.

DUMP CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,750, date-d October 18, 1857.

Application filed February 2, 1887. Serial No. 226,282. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS JOHN FLANI- GAN, of Butte City, in the county of Silver Bow and Territory of Montana, have invented a new and Improved DumpOart, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a novel form ofdumpcart that is especially applicable for usein the carting of minerals and stones, being so constructed that the said minerals and stones will not wear away the parts as they are being loaded or dumped from the cart; and the invention consists, essentially, of certain novel details employed in the construction of the cart, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved form of cart, the wheel in the foreground being removed, and a piece of the shaft-supporting standard being broken away to disclose the construction of said standard. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the cart. Fig. 3 is a view of the rear of the cart, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the back-band attachments.

In constructing such a cart as the one illustrated in the drawings above referred to I provide a main frame consisting, essentially,of a forward crossbar, 10, a metallic rear crossbar, 11, and longitudinal framing-strips 12, the top rails, 13, being connected to the frame by standards 14, the standards being tenoned to fit within properly shaped mortises that are formed in the sill l2 and top rails, 13, the standards, the top rails, and the sill being chamfered,as is clearly shown in the drawings, and all of these parts being united and connected by bolts, as illustrated.

Stay-irons l6 and 17 are arranged to brace and support the frame of the cart, the stay irons 16 being connected to the top rails and to the forward cross-bars, 10, by bolts, While stay-irons17 are substantially in the form illust-ratedthat is, made of single lengths of iron bent to fit against the outer face of the rear standard, then to fit against the rear metallic cross-bar, 11-the ends of the irons being bent up to fit against the outer faces of the lengths secured to the rear standards, bolts being em ployed to hold these stay-irons to place, as indicated in the drawings.

The tail-board of the cart consists of a sill, 18, an upper curved cross-bar, 19, and standards 20, said standards being tenoned to fit within inortises formed in the parts 18 and 19, which parts and the standards are cliamfered, as shown.

Handles 21, which are about half-S shape in form, are bolted to the framing of the tailboarcl, and these handles are provided with down\vardly-cxtending lugs 22, which fit within eyes that are formed in projections 23, said projections being made integral with the metallic cross-bar 11.

To each of the top rails, 13, there are secured two brackets, 24, and to the standards directly beneath these brackets there are secured eyes 25. Sideboards 30, that are pro vided with downwardly-extending retainingirons 26, are arranged to be mounted above the top rails, the retaining-irons being bolted to the side-boards, and the irons arranged so that they will pass through the brackets 24 and engage with the eyes 25. Aforward crossboard, 27, is arranged for connection with the forward end of the cart in the same manner as the side-boards 30 are connected to the cart. The top bar of the tail-board is apertured in order that retaining-eyes 28 may be passed through to the rear of the board, to be engaged by pins 29, that are held to the tail-board by chains 31.

Intermediate flooring-strips, 32, are arranged as best shown in Figs. 2 and 3, being tenoned to fit within mortises formed in the forward crossbar, 10, and being bolted at their rear ends to the rear crossbar, 11. A proper sheathing is arranged upon the inside of the frame-work described, and the whole frame and the parts designated are mounted upon two intermediate sills, 40, the parts being bolted together, and the rear ends of the sills being protected by metallic bands 41, that are also bolted to place.

The axle-bed 42 is mounted beneath brackets 43, that are bolted to the sills 40, and the axle 44 is held to its bed by heavy metal clips 45. The wheels are connected to the axle, as

illustrated, and sand-shields 46 are arranged above the wheel-hubs, said shields consisting of metal plates that are bolted to arms which extend outward from the brackets 43. The shafts 47 are mounted upon a transverse bolt or rod, 48, that passes through apertures formed in the sills 40, said apertures being protected by plates 49, thatare held to the sills by screws, as best shown in Fig. 1.

To the under side of the main shaft crosstimber 50 there is pivoted a doublearmed lever, 51, that is normally held in the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2 by a spring, 52, and this lever is arranged to engage with diagonally-mounted and inversely-inclined catches 53, that are carried by the sills 40, the lever being guided and upheld by loops 54, that are arranged as best shown in Fig. 2, the arrangement being such that when the handle of the lever is grasped and the lever is thrown in the direction of the arrow shown in connection therewith in Fig. 2 the lever will be freed from engagement with the catches and the cart may be dumped; but when the cart is returned to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 1 the lever will strike against the inclined faces 3 of the catches 58 and will be thereby thrown against the tension of the spring, so as to pass beneath the retaining shoulders of the catches, the spring acting to return the lever to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2, this construction constituting an automatic catch, as will be readily appreciated.

The shafts are provided with a back-band hook, 54, that is mounted upon U-shaped irons 55, and this hook is provided with a spring, 56,whioh prevents the eye of the backband from slipping from engagement with the hook, the other end of the back-baud being connected to a swiveled eye, such as is shown in Fig. 4, the eye 5 being mounted so as to turn within the bracket 6, which bracket is connected to a U-shaped iron that is in all respects similar to'the one shown at 55 in Fig. 1.

The breeching and draft-hooks are preferably arranged as indicated in Fig. 1; and in order that the cart may be supported in the position in which it is shown in Fig. 1, I provide a supporting-standard, 57, that is normally upheld by hooks 58, but which, when designed for use in support of the cart-shafts, may be adjusted as illustrated in Fig. 1, the top of the standard being provided with a metallic plate, 7, that is adapted to receive the nut and the extending end of one of the legs of the iron 55.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, in acart, with the rear cross-bar, 11, having apertured projections 23, of the end-gate having outward-curved handles 21, formed on their lower ends with lugs 22, to engage the apertured projections, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the shafts of a cart having the hooks 58, of the support 57, having a metallic socket-piece, 7, on its upper end to receive the lower end of the bolt and nut of the back-band attachments, substantially as set forth.

THOMAS JOHN FLANIGANQ \Vitnesses:

WILLIAM YOUNG PEMBERTON, WILLIAM Ross KEITHLY. 

